The Estudiantes doctor gave details of the health status of Javier Altamirano, who suffered a seizure in the middle of the match against Boca

Suddenly, the ball took a backseat. It was 27 minutes into the first half of the game. match between Students and Mouth for the League Cupwhen the Chilean Javier Altamirano fell onto the playing field, and the situation alerted Santiago Ascacibar and Enzo Pérez, who were close to him. Immediately, teammates and rivals began to ask for medical attention: the footballer was convulsing.

While the 24-year-old midfielder was being treated by the medical teams of both delegations, the ambulance entered the grass of the UNO Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium and took him to the Platense Medical Center, where the first tests were carried out, in the company of his wife, who is pregnant and witnessed the painful scene from one of the stadium’s stalls.

Eduardo Dominguezlocal coach, said after the suspension of the lawsuit (by decision of referee Fernando Echenique, in line with the opinion of captains José Sosa and Edinson Cavani) that on the way to the hospital his pupil suffered another episode. However, health professionals later managed to stabilize him.

Was Hugo Montenegro, Pincha’s team doctor, who gave details of the trans-Andean’s health status from the door of the medical center. “Alright, It was a seizure. He was admitted, all the studies were done, laboratory, a tomography that was good, tumorous things were ruled out; From now on she was under observation“, Foreword.

“He was in therapy, he is asleep, Tomorrow the studies will continue to determine what was the cause. The important thing is that he came out of that seizure episode, the first studies were done that showed good news, we have to complement them. “It remains under observation as a matter of control,” he concluded.

“He had no criminal record and there was no blow prior to the situation.. We want to convey peace of mind to everyone,” concluded Montenegro, in line with the first details that Domínguez and manager Marcos Angeleri had already provided before the microphones.

Minutes later, the club published a medical report on its account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), with the information that Montenegro had mentioned. “The player Javier Altamirano suffered a convulsive episode. He is in hospital under observation and to complete studies. A CT scan was performed, which showed no obvious pathological images. He is stable,” the statement begins.

“Due to this situation, the match, stopped 27 minutes into the first half, was suspended by the referee authorities,” the text closed. Although there are no details regarding the date (it is expected that it will not be this week), the match will continue to be divided into two halves of 32 and 31 minutes, respectively.